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Management Consultant - Remote AI Evaluation

90–120/hr
Remote
part-time
Posted September 15, 2026
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Key details

Pay
$90–120/hr
Location
Remote
Job type
part-time
Posted
September 15, 2026

Overview

Mercor keeps an open roster of management consultants who help grade and train frontier AI models. The work draws on your own engagement history: you write case prompts from real client situations, then create the reference answers models are measured against. You also review model-generated market sizings, profitability analyses, and driver trees, checking whether the logic holds up to partner-level scrutiny. Assignments arrive on short notice, so the pool stays active whether a project starts this week or later. Rates for past projects landed between $90 and $120 per hour, set by scope and depth.

What You'll Do6

  • Turn a past client engagement into a case prompt that includes the situation, available data, constraints, and the reference answer used to grade a model's response.
  • Assess model-written market sizings and profitability analyses for sound segmentation, valid driver trees, and conclusions that follow from the numbers.
  • Identify answers that look polished but would fail a partner review or a client steering committee.
  • Explain your reasoning in writing so project teams can understand the judgment behind each score.
  • Flag unclear or ambiguous instructions instead of guessing what a client wants.
  • Apply consulting standards from strategy, operations, or transformation work to model evaluation tasks.

Requirements6

  • Professional background in strategy, operations, or transformation consulting.
  • Experience owning the analysis and the client-facing recommendation, not only slide production.
  • Strong written communication for documenting reasoning and scoring decisions.
  • Ability to handle ambiguous tasks and raise unclear instructions.
  • Familiarity with management consulting methods such as market sizing, profitability analysis, or driver trees.
  • Background from MBB, Big Four strategy arms, boutique or tier-two firms, functional specialist areas, or in-house strategy and corporate development.

Who Should Apply

Candidates who have run strategy, operations, or transformation engagements and can defend their recommendations in writing fit this pool well. The strongest matches come from MBB, Big Four strategy teams, boutique firms, pricing or post-merger integration roles, and internal strategy groups where you owned the analysis rather than only the deck. This work is less suitable for consultants who prefer live client management, slide design, or verbal brainstorming over detailed written evaluation. A common reason applicants score low is showing slide production experience without evidence of owning the underlying analysis or the final recommendation. Another is failing to demonstrate comfort with vague prompts; the role asks you to flag unclear instructions instead of forcing an answer.

Salary Insight

Past projects paid between $90 and $120 per hour. That range fits senior independent consultants with direct strategy or operations experience, and the exact rate depends on project scope and depth. Expect the final number to appear on the specific project listing, not on this standing pool listing.

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Management ConsultingStrategy ConsultingOperations ConsultingTransformation ConsultingMarket SizingProfitability AnalysisDriver TreesSegmentationPost Merger IntegrationPricing StrategyOrg DesignCorporate DevelopmentInternal ConsultingAI TrainingAI EvaluationModel EvaluationCase PromptsReference AnswersRubric DesignModel Grading

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